This document analyzes citation characteristics of books in the Book Citation Index (BKCI) between 2005-2011. It examines how factors like edited vs non-edited books, inclusion in a series, and type of publisher influence citation patterns. The authors find engineering & technology and social science contain the most books and citations in the BKCI, which is biased towards English publications from UK/USA publishers like Springer, Palgrave, and Routledge. Edited books, books in series, and those from university presses are cited more than non-edited books, books not in series, and those from commercial publishers. The study aims to better understand citation patterns in books by analyzing a large dataset from the BKCI.

1. Authors: D Torres-Salinas, N Robinson-Garcia,
A Cabezas-Clavijo & E Jiménez-Contreras
Analyzing the Citation Characteristics of
books: Edited books, book series and types of
publishers in the Book Citation Index

2. One of the basic outcomes from bibliometrics is
the characterization of citation patterns….
I. Introduction

3. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions
SOME EXAMPLES
 Cronin, Snyder & Atkins (1997)
-> Top authors in journals vs. Books
 Georgas & Cullars (2005)
-> Citation habits in books for Humanities and Social Science
 Tang (2008)
-> Citation patterns between books and journals in different fields
SMALL DATASETS!!!
How do we characterize citations in books?

4. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions
The Book Citation Index launched in 2011 offer the
opportunity to analyze large datasets of books….
… across fields, languages, types of publishers, types of
books, series, countries, etc.

5. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions
~> Time period 2005-2011
~> Normalization of publisher variants
Springer-Verlag Wien, Springer Pub Co -> SPRINGER
~> 4 fields -> Engineering & Technology, Arts & Humanities,
Social Science and Science
Data & Methods

6. “Undoubtedly, the creation of a Book
Citation Index is a major challenge
for the future and would be an
expected by-product of the new
electronic media.”
II. The Book Citation Index
Garfield, 1996

7. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

8. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions
Distribution of books and
citations among fields
Engineering & Technology
Arts & Humanities
Science
Social Science
BOOKS
CITATIONS

9. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions
Limitations of the BKCI
~> Bias towards English language publications 96%
~> Bias towards the UK and USA 75%
~> Great concentration of big publishers
Springer, Palgrave & Routledge are 50%

10. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions
Objectives
Which variables influence the citation patterns
of books?
I. Presence of editors.
Edited vs. Non-Edited Books
II. Inclusion in a series or collection.
Series vs. Non Series Books
III. Type of publisher.
University Press vs. Academic Publisher vs. Commercial Publisher

11. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions
Edited vs. Non-Edited Books

12. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions
Series vs. Non Series Books

13. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions
Type of Publisher

14. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

15. I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

16. Authors: D Torres-Salinas, N Robinson-Garcia,
A Cabezas-Clavijo & E Jiménez-Contreras
Analyzing the Citation Characteristics of books: Edited books,
book series and types of publishers in the Book Citation Index
Thank you!
Nicolás Robinson García
elrobin@ugr.es
http://www.ugr.es/~elrobin
@nrobinsongarcia